El Lindero Airport

While no single official reason has been published, the closure was almost certainly due to economic factors and lack of use. Small, private airstrips like El Lindero are expensive to maintain. The closure was likely a gradual process of abandonment as it became economically unviable for its private owners or users, a common fate for small general aviation airfields in rural areas.

The airport is permanently closed and completely abandoned. The site of the former runway, located at coordinates 21.95037, -98.27602, is now entirely overgrown with vegetation. The land appears to have been reclaimed for agricultural purposes, likely as pasture or farmland. There are no remaining signs of active aviation infrastructure such as markings, lighting, or buildings. The faint outline of the former runway is visible on satellite maps but is not usable.

El Lindero Airport was a small, private-use airstrip (aeropista) and never served commercial or scheduled flights. Its primary role was to support local activities in the Pánuco region, which is significant for agriculture (notably sugarcane) and cattle ranching. The airport would have been used for general aviation by local landowners, for agricultural aviation (crop dusting), and potentially for air taxi or charter services connecting remote ranches and facilities. Its significance was purely local, providing air access to a rural area.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening El Lindero Airport. The land has effectively reverted to agricultural use, and any effort to reopen it would require a complete and costly reconstruction of the runway and all facilities. The region is adequately served by the much larger General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport (IATA: TAM, ICAO: MMTM) in nearby Tampico, making the revival of this small, defunct airstrip highly improbable.